Atletico Madrid target Liverpool goalkeeper

Atletico Madrid will move for Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina if they fail to persuade Chelsea to let them keep on-loan Thibaut Courtois.

The Belgian rookie has been outstanding during his loan spells at Madrid and last season he became only the eighth non-Spaniard to win the Ricardo Zamora Trophy for the Primera Liga goalkeeper with the best games-to-goals-conceded ratio.

A Europa League winner as well, Courtois has once again excelled during Madrid's fine season. Diego Simeone's men are the surprise leaders in La Liga and the Argentine wants to make the loan spell permanent.

Chelsea, who signed the 21-year-old in 2011 and immediately sent him on loan to Atletico, are keen to keep Courtois.

The rising star is eager for his future to be clarified, though, and he could leave Stamford Bridge without even playing for them.

A swap deal involving Madrid scoring sensation Diego Costa has been mooted and if Courtois does not land a permanent move to Spain, Simeone has targeted another option.

Reina, on loan at Napoli from Liverpool, has emerged as a viable target and talks between the two clubs regarding a switch will happen at the end of the current campaign.

If the Spaniard makes the move he will follow in the footsteps of his father Miguel, who represented Atletico with distinction during the 1970s.